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Author:

Bestor-Siegal, Amanda, author.

Title:

The caretakers : a novel / Amanda Bestor-Siegal.

Edition:

First Harper Large Print edition.
Large print edition.

Publisher:

Harper Large Printan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

550 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

Subject:

Sudden death in children--Fiction.
Child care--Fiction.
Au pairs--Fiction.
Mothers--Fiction.
Paris (France)--Fiction.
Women--Fiction.
Children--Death--Fiction.
Large type books.
Detective and mystery stories.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.

Summary:

Paris, 2015. A crowd gathers outside the Chauvet home in the affluent suburban community of Maisons-Larue, watching as the family's American au pair is led away in handcuffs after the sudden death of her young charge. The grieving mother believes the caretaker is to blame, and the neighborhood is thrown into chaos, unsure who is at fault--the enigmatic, young foreigner or the mother herself, who has never seemed an active participant in the lives of her children. The truth lies with six women: Ǧraldine, a heartbroken French teacher struggling to support her vulnerable young students; Lou, an incompetent au pair who was recently fired by the family next door; Charlotte, a chilly socialite and reluctant mother; Nathalie, an isolated French teenager desperate for her mother's attention; Holly, a socially anxious au pair yearning to belong in her adopted country; and finally, Alena, the one accused of the crime, who has gone to great lengths to avoid emotional connection, and now finds herself caught in the turbulent power dynamics of her host family's household. Set during the weeks leading up to the event, The Caretakers is a poignant and suspenseful drama featuring complicated women. It's a sensitive exploration of the weight of secrets, the pressures of country, community, and family--and miscommunications and misunderstandings that can have fatal consequences

ISBN:

0063211424
9780063211421

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1286827940

Locations:

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

KIPB845 -- Hospers Public Library (Hospers)

TXPC862 -- Traer Public Library (Traer)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)